Gigabyte GA-Q87N

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87N (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140117
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '22 at 19:17
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 631 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3774) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 132 Parallax 123 98% 125 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 120 Splatting 110 92% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 425 Mixed 377 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 40.6 125% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 337 255% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 238GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 97 100 98 99 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 95 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 97.9 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Q87N Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q87N

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	4x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	2x
Xeon E3-1220 v3Intel $104Bench 69%, 5,273 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x
RX 460AMD $90Bench 20%, 64,240 samples	2x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1x

SSD
240GB SSD 240GBLexarBench 61%, 2,181 samples	2x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	2x

RAM
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 12GBUnknownBench 40%, 2 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	2x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $330

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16